Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀣𑀟𑁆𑀠 (thaḍḍha), 𑀣𑀤𑁆𑀥 (thaddha, fixed, firm), from Sanskrit स्तब्ध (stabdha).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ٹَھنْڈا (ṭhanḍā) (Hindi spelling ठंडा)

  1. cold
    Synonyms: سَرْد (sard), خُنْک (xuṅk)
  2. (figuratively) apathetic
  3. (figuratively) impotent, eunuch

Declension

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Declension of ٹھنڈا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct ٹَھنْڈا (ṭhanḍā) ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe) ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī) ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī)
indirect ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe) ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe) ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī) ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī)

Noun

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ٹَھنْڈا (ṭhanḍām (Hindi spelling ठंडा)

  1. a cold, refreshing drink

Declension

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Declension of ٹھنڈا
singular plural
direct ٹھنڈا (ṭhaṇḍā) ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe)
oblique ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe) ٹھنڈوں (ṭhaṇḍõ)
vocative ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe) ٹھنڈو (ṭhaṇḍo)

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Further reading

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  • ٹھنڈا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ٹھنڈا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ٹهنڈ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 218
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ٿهنڐا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 364
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “تَهندَا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 464
  • John Shakespear (1834) “ٹھنڈا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC